Adding Windows XP to grub, Help Please

[yusuo85]

IM having a bit of trouble adding windows xp to my grub loader, I tried manually and it said error on it, can someone help me with this

FDISK

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 38913 312568641 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb753b753

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 3283 26370666 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 3284 30401 217825335 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 3284 3407 995998+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 3408 30401 216829273+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x255a85bd

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 9728 78140128+ 7 HPFS/NTFS


GRUB

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid ce38dd8e-b495-4c63-8120-e7f767e22d1c
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=ce38dd8e-b495-4c63-8120-e7f767e22d1c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid ce38dd8e-b495-4c63-8120-e7f767e22d1c
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=ce38dd8e-b495-4c63-8120-e7f767e22d1c ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid ce38dd8e-b495-4c63-8120-e7f767e22d1c
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1


Any help appreciated

[danielsonl]

so I'm new to this but was having similar problems trying to set up dual-boot (Mint & XP) on two separate HDDs. I did not want to mess up my XP HDD with partitions with Grub or various bootloader complications so I set up my master HDD with Grub/Linux, slave drive with XP, and entered the following into the GRUB boot menu :

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title Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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I had tried tons of options and that's the one that worked for me - hope it helps!

[yusuo85]

thanks for your help had to change the numbers as I have 3 hard drives but done the job